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Camp Wightman

Camp Wightman from directly overhead

Camp Wightman is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 126 m. Bare Hill stands 193 m to the north, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Overlook Road West Open Space, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 1.5 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
American Baptist Churches of Connecticut

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How to reach it

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Coordinates41.50638, -71.86996
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Wyassup Lake Boat Launch: 1.3 mi
  • Pasquale and Maria Camputaro Memorial Field: 3.7 mi
  • Saint Anne Playground: 3.7 mi
  • Glasgo Pond Boat Launch: 3.7 mi
  • Glasgo Pond Boat Launch: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
  • H. C. Anthony Stockade: 4.9 mi
  • Bucklin Memorial, Yawgoog Scout Reservation: 4.9 mi
  • Cellar Hole: 5.1 mi
  • Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 7.8 mi
  • Mill Brook Bridge: 9.5 mi
Museums: 58
Beaches: 40
Artworks: 27
  • Stone Turtle: 6.7 mi
  • Penguin: 10.1 mi
  • Giant Troll Young Boulder: 10.1 mi
  • Giant Gnome: 10.2 mi
  • Mjolnir: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 24
Waterfalls: 20
  • Stepstone Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Cascade: 12.9 mi
  • Cascade: 13.1 mi
  • Spencer Rock Waterfall: 14.3 mi
Gardens: 17
Lighthouses: 6
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Pavilion: 14.1 mi
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 14.4 mi
  • Skate Hut: 16.6 mi
  • Powder House: 16.9 mi
  • Big Beach: 18.6 mi
Springs: 5
  • Old Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Factory Pond: 16.1 mi
  • Windham Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Elizabeth Spring: 23.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 10.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 11.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 11.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 13.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Camp Wightman. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bare HillN 4°193 m9.2 mi
Escoheag HillNE 36°168 m8.5 mi
Prentice MountainW 260°163 m3.6 mi
Chapman HillSSE 153°158 m1.0 mi
Stone HillN 352°157 m7.6 mi
Barns HillWSW 252°155 m2.6 mi
Pendleton HillE 100°153 m1.3 mi
Bay MountainNW 316°152 m3.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1419:4420:26
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1115:3716:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239495968747365544435
Precip in3.93.85.14.73.64.33.64.44.84.94.25.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1025033388

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